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[Eyeh4wk]

Hope they stay away from the over the top nonsense that made san andreas/ballad of gay tony much less interesting. Leave that shit for saints row or crazy offshoot dlc like the rdr nightmare thing.

Yeah man I hope it gets even more real this time. Loved that mission when Niko had to suit up and go to a job interview. I hope R* make it so if you jaywalk....BAM 3 stars for you. So grounded.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

This will be just one aspect of the infinitely long debate about where V will be set, but the same discussion preceeding GTAIV applies. The problem with Baltimore/Philly/DC is that, fundamentally, neither Baltimore or Philadelphia are any different from New York, or any other North East / Upper East Coast port city. Philadelphia & Baltimore are practically the same. Of course, people who live there or visit there will say, "No! They're not! They're so different!" But from a videogame perspective, they are both East Coast port cities with similar histories, similar demographics, similar neighborhoods, similar looks and feel, and neither of them are all that different from New York City. Now, where I'd tentatively distance myself is with Washington DC, which has a noticeably different feel from Baltimore and Philadelphia -- largely because it is the capitol city, and it is just different enough from New York... No sky scrapers, a fascinating street structure, and DC skirts the very real cultural division of North & South in the United States, where Baltimore, Philly, New York City, Boston, and major towns north of DC are very much northern cities with northern sentiments. Travelling from North to South along 95, DC is the first major East Coast city that feels different.

So, I could see DC.

But, Baltimore and Philly are fundamentally identical to each other from a videogame perspective, and end up becoming just 'baby New Yorks.' For what it's worth, I'd say the same thing about Boston, I don't think that there would ever be a GTA set in Boston because Boston is too similar to New York, except the possibility exists only because of the bizarre cultural phenomenon that American media still has with Boston.

*edit*

Caveat: The Wire is the best shit ever. But if Rockstar were going to capitalize on the Wire, it would have been with IV, not like 6 years after the Wire finished.

You hit the nail on the head Lazlow.

 

[Dennis]

Omg, what if at the end of the trailer it says its releasing next holiday season for the Xbox 720 and PS4? Good god I wouldnt know what to do with myself.

That would the best possible news and the most epic reveal since Zelda Twilight Princess.

But that would never happen of course.

 

[BFIB]

I'm excited to get a new GTA, even though I'm sure its over a year away from release.

But there's a part of me that wants another Red Dead more than anything. That has now become my favorite Rockstar franchise.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Consoles don't sell GTA, GTA sells consoles. If Microsoft or Sony could've landed a timed exclusive GTA5 for the launch of their next console, things would've been ridiculous.

GTA will sell systems, but it wouldn't be able to make up the difference that they'll see with it being on two platforms with userbases above 50m right now.

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Ugh, 7 days from today? The wait is going to be brutal.

 

[Shiggy]

When are Spec Ops and Agent coming? lol

 

[Denzar]

Ok, even that logo alone makes me more pumped for this game than any other game I'm looking forward to.

 

[higherARC05]

HALO 4, Mass Effect 3, and GTA V for next year!!!!!

I don't even.....

 

[bigboss370]

take me to hong kong rockstar!

 

[BFIB]

HALO 4, Mass Effect 3, and GTA V for next year!!!!!

I don't even.....

Its a good time to be a gamer. I don't think I've had this much fun being a gamer since the SNES/Genesis days. The hits keep on coming.

 

[hayguyz]

This reminds me that I still need to finish Gay Tony. I stopped playing due to the frustrating helicopter controls.

 

[Krakatoa]

Cool, LA here we come.

 

[Neuromancer]

I'm excited to get a new GTA, even though I'm sure its over a year away from release.

But there's a part of me that wants another Red Dead more than anything. That has now become my favorite Rockstar franchise.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time. Bully though, I don't think we'll see another one ever again. =(

 

[Rad-]

I'm getting Las Vegas vibes from the logo if anything.

 

[LQX]

Its tears of joy, tears of joy. Even that fucking logo looks crazy awesome. And I know it will be like a 8 second trailer with hardly anything but I could give a shit. I just want to glance at anything GTA: V.

 

[ReaperXL7]

lets hope V is fun to play, and please R* ditch the friendship meta game. Losing friendship points with someone because i'm getting shot at and can't pick up the phone is stupid.

Oh and give me more character customization.

 

[thecheese]

Best news of the day. W00T!

 

[JaseMath]

I'm banking on a Latino/MS-13/One-Last-Job theme. That or it's centered around money and corruption.

 

[VeryGooster]

Omg, what if at the end of the trailer it says its releasing next holiday season for the Xbox 720 and PS4? Good god I wouldnt know what to do with myself.

PS Vita exclusive!!

 

[BFIB]

Its tears of joy, tears of joy. Even that fucking logo looks crazy awesome. And I know it will be like a 8 second trailer with hardly anything but I could give a shit. I just want to glance at anything GTA: V.

And it will be combed over time and time again looking for any clues as to whats coming.

 

[UrbanRats]

Its tears of joy, tears of joy. Even that fucking logo looks crazy awesome. And I know it will be like a 8 second trailer with hardly anything but I could give a shit. I just want to glance at anything GTA: V.

This was badass enough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M80K51DosFo

 

[Shadowlink]

Awesome! Hope it's as good as GTA III/Vice City/San Andreas.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Hype achieved. GTA IV was easily my favorite GTA, apart from the checkpoint-free missions.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I'm banking on a Latino/MS-13/One-Last-Job theme. That or it's centered around money and corruption.

That'd be cool. Personally, I'm hoping for a West Coast Heat or Collateral style story. Bank robberies, suits, paranoia, that'd be awesome. GTA4's not a bad game, but I was a little disappointed with a lot of different aspects.

I'm cautiously excited.

 

[BobTheFork]

I'd also like the garage feature from Saint's Row. Sure it's unrealistic but GTA4 was terrible about saving cars. There were few enough decent cars as it was and if you were to try and use one of those cars on a mission the game would erase that car if the mission requires you to use a different car.



Maintaining them was a pain in the ass. Little Jacob was the only one I bothered to stay friends with, because his service was indespensable for me. And most of your buddies weren't that interesting. Fucking Dwayne Forge.

Saving cars was my biggest complaint from 4. I wanted a parking garage to store everything I found in it.

I'll say again how much I hate Roskstar's over-hype machine. I was just thinking about how they went on and on and about how 'stealing care was going to be harder' and 'more realistic' (I think the phrase 'no more free cars' was thrown around) and the whole thing ended up being an extra animation to hit or kick the driver...

 

[LightOfTruth]

PLEASE come out next year!!!

 

[PhiLonius]

Awesome. What a great way to wake up

 

[LuchaShaq]

Yeah man I hope it gets even more real this time. Loved that mission when Niko had to suit up and go to a job interview. I hope R* make it so if you jaywalk....BAM 3 stars for you. So grounded.

There's a massive gap between getting arrested for jay walking and running a tank through a metropolitan city. I didn't say "hyper realistic" I said not the insane pointless mayhem that detracts from the narrative.

 

[pakkit]

As long as it's not in NYC again, I'm all aboard.

 

[Deleted member 81567]

99 on metacritic.

 

[Haunted]

Not a big fan of GTA IV, but the second episode was good.


Let's see what they can do to bring me around.

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I'm also hoping that the protagonist isn't a broken hypocrite like Niko or an over-the-top sociopath.

Gimme someone likable who isn't a mass murderer right off the bat.

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Btw, didn't GTA IV announcement trailer basically broke the internet? I remember it was one of the biggest gaming event at the time. Can't wait to see what effect is this one going to have.

 

[Angry Fork]

Anyone have a link to the first GTA4 trailer hype thread? I saw it once before but can't remember how I found it since gaf's current search thing sucks.

 

[Dennis]

GTA V: Breaking Bad

Spoiler

I know it will be L. A.

 

[awilliams213]

I have played the previous GTA games got to a point stopped playing due to control issues and increased difficulty. However I loved Red Dead and the expansion Undead pack finished it all. I hope they bring a lot of that over to GTAV.

 

[Cmd. Pishad'aç]

Expect a first trailer with some epic 40 seconds worth of nothing.

 

[acm2000]

im amazed anyone is able to get hyped for this after gta4

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Give me way more original side mission content and make the world feel more livable and I'll probably play way more than a month this time.

Even before this announcement, I still couldn't believe we were gonna get a max of 2 GTA games this gen, when so many other series got whored out.

 

[Host Samurai]

Gay Tony was the perfect balance of the silliness of the past GTA games and mission variety, while having some of the realism that GTA4 brought. I hope they just add in the RPG stats that they had with SA.

 

[Gravijah]

holy shit!

im amazed anyone is able to get hyped for this after gta4

why? gtaiv was amazing.

 

[Chanser]

I wonder what kind of pre-order bonus crap they'll add. Would actually love to a GTA in Europe or Asia.

 

[Desmond]

I've said it before, GTA5 in Ireland (Belfast, Dublin, Limerick), Packie as protagonist

 

[MPW]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

i thought gta 5 would be for ps4/next xbox but i'm glad i'm wrong

HALO 4, Mass Effect 3, and GTA V for next year!!!!!

I don't even.....

fuck that shit

 

[deejay8595]

I never will understand why people want a new game to take place in a setting we've already been in. Would be a waste of time IMO. Why not go somewhere fresh?

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Awww yeah...HYPE train!

 

[BFIB]

I'm also hoping that the protagonist isn't a broken hypocrite like Niko or an over-the-top sociopath.

Gimme someone likable who isn't a mass murderer right off the bat.

Rockstar has a problem making characters like that. Niko was supposed to be coming to the US for a fresh start, to find the people who wronged him, and a few missions in, he's taking missions knowing he's out to kill people.

John Marston in Red Dead came the closest. He had a dark past, but he wanted to set things straight. Until he got to Mexico, then his character falls apart.

 

[TheContact]

Oh boy. I bet it's like a year and a half away tho =\

 

[Dennis]